The Michigan Daily/New Student Edition-Sports --Thursday, September 10, 1992- Page 5 M' lcers stoned at Final Four by Josh Dubow Daily Hockey Writer Entering the 1991-92 season, the Michigan hockey team set four goals - a fourth consecutive Great Lakes Invitational title, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regu- lar-season and playoff titles and an NCAA Championship. Michigan (22-7-3 CCHA, 31-9-3 overall) achieved two of those goals - the GLI and CCHA regular-sea- son championships. However, the Wolverines fell in both of their post- season bids. Lake Superior knocked off Michigan in the CCHA Championship, and Wisconsin de- feated the Wolverines in the national semifinal. The NCAA Final Four appear- ance was Michigan's first since 1977. The Badgers used strong goal- tending by Duane Derksen and a balanced scoring attack to top Michigan, 4-2. "I can't believe it's over," de- fenseman Aaron Ward said. "We have to live with knowing how close we were. We still believe we are one of the best, if not the best, teams here, but we didn't prove it." However, the Wolverines are looking to take what they learned last year to push them through the door this season. "We gained some valuable expe- rience," captain David Harlock said. "If we get back to the Final Four next year, we'll know what to expect." The Wolverines were ousted from the CCHA tournament in a similar fashion. Lake Superior's goaltender, Darren Madeley, stoned the Wolverine attack en route to a 3- 1 victory. Madeley turned away 24 of 25 shots on the game - including snuffing out two late power plays - on his way to garnering the MVP trophy. Paul Constantin broke a 1-1 tie in the third period by batting a Clayton Beddoes pass just past Michigan goaltender Steve Shields. Brian Rolston iced the game with a late goal on a breakaway. "We're not hanging our heads," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. Wisconsin ends season, Feisner's career Felsner coming off last year was to be a good player in the big games,"' Berenson said. "He's shown that he's there." Felsner not only showed this improvement in big games, he showed it in all games. The senior scored 42 goals and added 52 assists this season on his way to breaking almost all of Michigan's career scoring marks. He also was a first- team All-CCHA and All-American selection as well as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award. The Lake Superior series pow- ered the Wolverines to their first CCHA regular-season title. Mich- igan edged out the Lakers by three points in the standings. "This is a step in the right direc- tion for this team," forward Mike Helber said following Michigan's 4- 3 title-clinching victory against Ferris State. "It's one of the things we want to accomplish at this point of the season. Winning this is one, winning the CCHA tournament is another, and further down the line the NCAAs. This will be a good stepping stone." However, Michigan did not take that next step in the postseason. Despite the CCHA Cham- pionship loss, Michigan still received the No. I seed in the West Region of the NCAA tournament. After a first-round bye, the Wol- verines met defending-champion Northern Michigan at Joe Louis. With Michigan trailing 6-3 late in the second period, forward David Roberts converted a pass from Cam Stewart with only five tenths of a second remaining. The Wolverines came out on fire in the third, regis- tering three unanswered goals capped by a Helber blast with under two minutes to play for the clincher. "We're going'to the Final Four. The Big Dance," Roberts said after the game. "(In the second period) I. think there was a little bit of panic, on the ice. In between periods, you could feel the whole lockerroom ris- ing up, and then we were flying in the third period." Michigan forward Denny Felsner led the Michigan hockey team to its first ever CCHA regular-season championship. KRISTOFFER GILLETTE/Daiy "We're not overwhelmed or dis- gusted or anything like that. We could have won just as easily as not." Michigan did prove it could play with Lake Superior in a key two- game series the last weekend in January. The Lakers swept Michigan earlier in the season at Sault Ste. Marie, and had a 12-game unbeaten streak at Michigan's Yost Ice Arena. However, the Wolverines used a Laker trademark - tight defense and timely scoring - to power its way to a 4-3, 1-0 sweep of the Lakers. The defense held Lake Superior to 1 of 18 on the power play and al- lowed only 36 shots against Shields for the series. "We had a lot of guys coming up with big efforts to help us win," de- fenseman Doug Evans said. "It's as simple as that." Defenseman Chris Tamer netted the game-winning goal Friday cap- ping a four-goal rally by Michigan, and forward Denny Felsner beat Madeley in a contest of All- Americans for Saturday's only marker. "One of the challenges for Denny, Volleyball 'kills' its way to sixth-place finish, by Adam Miller Daily Sports Writer The members of the 1991 Michigan women's volleyball team chose the motto "We kill for it" be- fore the season, and their aggressive attitude paid off. Michigan had it's best season since 1987. Guided by Coach Peggy Bradley-Doppes, the Wolverines (10-10 Big Ten, 19-13 overall) tied Minnesota for sixth- place in the Big Ten. Setter Tarnisha Thompson, whose 611 assists on the season moved her into second place on Michigan's all-time assist list, led the Wolverines into their tournament at Rice in September. The Wol- verines took two-of-three matches, and both Thompson and outside hitter Michelle Horrigan were named to the All-Tournament team. The Wolverines returned home to Keen Arena to host the UM- Volleyball Classic. Rookie middle- blocker Aimee Smith had seven blocks off the bench in Michigan's victory in the final, and Smith was named to the All-Tournament team. The Wolverines began their Big Ten season by shocking Iowa in straight games, but dropped their next two matches at Minnesota and at home against eventual Big Ten champion Ohio State. After defeating Indiana, the Wolverines geared up for the Oct. 9 contest against Michigan State at Keen Arena. The Spartans (1-19, 3- 27) pushed Michigan to five games, but the home team prevailed in a fast 'rally-scoring' final game. The peaks and valleys continued. A two-match skid was followed by a four-match winning streak, which GO BL UE!!! from all of us at DA SCOLA STYLISTS 53Years of Service.oieJ c b o ' oite Jacobson' 668-9329 included upsets over volleyball powers Illinois and Purdue at Keen. Michigan did not find similar success in the second half of the sea- son. The Wolverines got smoked at Ohio State, and followed that with an inexplicable loss in East Lansing. The skid hit three when Michigan re- turned home to face Penn State. A victory over Northwestern was followed by another three-match slump, but the Wolverines finished in style. Michigan won its final two matches -- the final two for Bradley-Doppes, who left her vol- leyball post Jan. 1 to devote herself full-time to her position as Associate Athletic Director. "My whole life has been volley.- ball," Bradley Doppes said before stepping down, "but (now) I can't do it justice sometimes." Her successor is Greg Gio vanazzi, a former UCLA assistant who helped lead both the men's and women's teams to national titles. - ----- - s - -m -a mm - mm m r SCREEN PRINTING *EMBROIDERY* 1 ;1 i TACKLE TWILL.DESIGN i 1 QUICK DELIVERY.QUANTITY DISCOUNTS I CUSTOM COMPLETE T-SHIRTS GRAPHIC AND 1DSG SWEATSHIRTS i DEPARTMENT. 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